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São Paulo's World Cup Stadium Isn't Totally Finished With 24 Hours To Go
Work is still being completed around São Paulo's Itaquerão stadium with a day to go until the opening game of the 2014 World Cup between Brazil and Croatia.The stadium, which was supposed to be...
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The Field That Will Host The Italy-England World Cup Game In 3 Days Looks Dead
The playing surface of Arena Amazonia in Manaus is patchy and streaked with dead grass three days before it hosts a massive World Cup group stage game between England and Italy.The head groundsman at...
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Landon Donovan Made A Commercial About Watching The World Cup At Work After...
Landon Donovan, the all-time leading scorer in U.S. soccer history, isn't going to Brazil after Jurgen Klinsmann shockingly cut him from the 23-man World Cup roster.Donovan said he was surprised and...
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Here's The Actual Group Of Death At The World Cup
While the United States men's national team has an incredibly difficult group at the World Cup, it's not the Group of Death, at least according to the numbers.The Group of Death is Group B, with Spain,...
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23 Photos Of The World Cup Host City That's In The Middle Of The Jungle
A lot of people didn't think World Cup games should be held in Manaus.The Amazonian city is 1,700 miles from Sao Paulo and surrounded by 2.1 million square miles of rain forest.National team coaches...
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10 Potential Breakout Stars Everyone Should Watch At The World Cup
The World Cup is no doubt the world’s biggest single-sport event. Every four years, national teams from around the world compete for the right to call themselves the World Champion. It is also an...
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The Stadium That Will Host The First Game Of The World Cup Today Isn't Finished
São Paulo's Itaquerão stadium will host the opening game of the 2014 World Cup on Thursday despite not being fully completed.The stadium looks ready to go on the surface. The temporary bleachers...
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Photos Of Brazilians Living In Deplorable Conditions After World Cup-Related...
Five thousand homeless Brazilians are living in a camp near São Paulo's World Cup stadium after rent increases forced them out of their neighborhoods.Residents of the camp told the Associated Press in...
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Here Are The 4 Favorites To Win The World Cup
In almost every analysis, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, and Spain are the four favorites to win the 2014 World Cup.The bookmakers have those four as the clear favorites. Here are the betting odds for the...
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FIFA Has Abandoned Its World Cup Rotation Policy, And It May Be The Best...
When soccer’s world governing body FIFA announced in August 2000 that future World Cup hosting duties would be rotated by continent, the decision seemed like a victory for countries outside the game’s...
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Priceless Photo Of A Croatian-Brazilian Player's Kids Tells You A Lot About...
Dual nationals — players eligible to play for two or more national teams — have been one of the big stories going into the 2014 World Cup.The U.S. has five players who were born in Germany. The best...
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The Real Reason Americans Call It 'Soccer' Is All England's Fault
While calling the world's most popular sport "soccer" is typically depicted as a symbol of American ignorance, the reason we don't call it "football" like the rest of the world is actually Britain's...
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Brazil Beats Croatia 3-1 In Wild World Cup Opening Game — Here Are All 4 Goals
Brazil overcame the worst start possible and beat Croatia 3-1 in a wild, controversy-filled opening game to the World Cup.Brazil, the favorite to win the entire tournament, did not play as well as the...
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8 Tech Triumphs At The World Cup
If there’s one thing that can unite the human race on the global level, it’s the chance to rub your athletic superiority in another nation’s face. The 2014 FIFA World Cup is upon us, and beyond the...
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Here's How To Watch The World Cup If You're Clueless About Soccer
The World Cup is scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. Eastern time, and if you’re into sports but not necessarily a soccer fan, you’re probably kind of terrified. After all, there’s nothing worse than...
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The Italy-England World Cup Field Is Covered In Fungus, And FIFA's Plan Is To...
The dead, patchy field at the Arena Amazonia in Manaus will not recover before Saturday's England-Italy World Cup group stage game, officials say.Jose Melo, the governor of Amazonas, gave a press...
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Mexico Has Benched Its Biggest Star For Its First World Cup Game
Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez, Mexico's most recognizable player, will not start Friday's opening World Cup game against Cameroon.In an unusual move, Mexico announced its lineup 24 hours before the...
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Mexico Gets A 1-0 Win Over Cameroon After Having 2 Goals Disallowed On Blown...
Mexico beat Cameroon 1-0 in a their first World Cup game in rain-soaked Natal.El Tri wasn't perfect. They looked shaky at the back and a late save from goalie Memo Ochoa saved the game. But Mexico...
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Here's What World Cup Teams Would Look Like If Immigrants Weren't Allowed To...
It's not just morons throwing bananas on the field.Far-right political parties are gaining ground in France and the Netherlands.Most of Germany's soccer hooligans are now neo-Nazis. And this spring,...
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